Philosophical Novels and Short Stories
Philosophical Poetry
Wise Story Telling and Fairy Tales
 

Research by Michael P. Garofalo

Bibliography     Quotations

Cloud Hands Blog

Green Way Research

VSCL =  Valley Spirit Center Library, Vancouver, Washington

Bibliography, Links, Resources

Thoughtful Fiction, Philosophical Novels and Short Stories, Philosophical Poetry, Thoughtful Storytelling

Atlas Shrugged.  By Ayn Rand.  Signet, 1957, 1088 pages.  A very long novel outlining the rationalist, Aristotelian, atheistic, anti-communist, and the virtues of selfishness found in the philosophy of Objectivism.  VSCL.  Read in 1971. 

The Best Philosophical Fiction from Good Reads

The Best Philosophical Novels According to Authors 

Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, 1938-2020, Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association

Caldecott Award Winners, Children's Picture Books, Awarded by the American Library Association

Candide: Or, All for the Best.  By Voltaire.  1759, 111 pages.  Read in 1966. 

Children's Illustrated Books, Picture Books, Illustrated Fairy Tales

Folk and Fairy Tales.  Edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek.  Broadview Press, 4th Edition, 2008, 416 pages.  VSCL. 

A Flowchart of Philosophical Novels and Stories.  By Justin Weinberg. 

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales.  By Marie-Louise von Franz and Kendra Crossen.  Shambhala, 1996, 208 pages. 

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit; A Novel.  Daniel Quinn.  Bantam, 1992, 263 pages.  VSCL.

Magic Mountain.  By Thomas Mann.  1924, 896 pages.  VSCL.  Read in 1969. 

Magister Ludi: The Glass Bead Game.  By Herman Hesse.  1943, 558 pages.  VSCL.  Read in 1970. 

Mind Expanding Philosophical Novels

Once Upon an If: The Storythinking Handbook.  By Peter Worley.  Bloomsbury, 2014, 266 pages.

Picture Books, Children's Illustrated Books, Illustrated Fairy Tales

105 Best Philosophical Novels of All Time

The 105 Best Philosophical Novels.  By Greg Hickey.

Philosophical Fiction - Wikipedia

Philosophical Fiction/Novels/Stories  Cloud Hands Blog 

Philosophical Poems

Quotations

“The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.”
-  Bruno Bettelheim

"Philosophy is something reasoned and heavy; poetry something winged, flashing, inspired...It is the acme of life to understand life. The height of poetry is to speak the language of the gods."
-  George Santayana, Three Philosophical Poets

“The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrow minded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy tales’ concern is not useful information about the external world, but the inner process taking place in an individual.”
-  Bruno Bettelheim

“If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.”
-  Bruno Bettelheim 

Children's Illustrated Books, Picture Books, Illustrated Fairy Tales

Golem.  By David Wisniewski.  Clarion, 1997.  

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.  William Steig. 

Research by
Michael P. Garofalo

Green Way Research, Vancouver, Washington

This webpage was last edited, modified, changed, improved, or updated on September 28, 2020. 

This webpage was first distributed online on January 23, 2012.
 

Michael P. Garofalo's E-mail

Brief Biography of Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.

Cloud Hands Blog